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Thomas Kolbheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
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Yak-12 - Amodel
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The finished model.
Project: Yak-12 - Amodel
37 5 July, 07:59
Łukasz GlińskiMe 3, I have to see that! Still procrastinating mine 😄
Thomas, are you considering getting rid of the decal with my support perhaps? 😉
26 July, 20:14
Thomas KolbŁukasz, I am not going to use the provided decal sheet, so if you want it, just PM me with your address and I can post it.
26 July, 21:48
Thomas Kolb(And for everybody else with knowledge about the different versions of the Yak-12, yes, I am aware of the differences between the A-version in the kit and the R-version used by the Hungarian People's Army. But since I am not able to scratch build the entire wing and empennage structure, let's just call it artistic license.)
28 July, 11:08
Thomas KolbThank you very much, dear gentlemen for your attention and encouraging words!
31 July, 14:48
Bruce HuxtableAdmiring your skills, and learning from your problem-solving, Thomas. Transforming an A-Model kit adds to the challenges 😉
4 August, 15:36
Thomas KolbThank you Michael, Nicolas & Bruce for your interest and compliments! This kit is actually not quite as bad as some other Amodel kits I have built - the designers have created some pretty nifty solutions here! If anything, it is a bit unforgiving - make one small mistake and you can be sure that it will keep coming back to kick you.
5 August, 20:35
Bernhard PetheWunderbarer Modellbau. Ich hab das Modell auch noch liegen und genauso wollte ich es auch machen. Mal sehen, wenn ich groß bin. 😉
9 August, 16:24
Thomas KolbBernhard, danke schön! 🙂 Ja, es ist ein ziemlich kniffliges Modell, aber es macht großen Spaß, es zu bauen!
9 August, 17:17
NicolasYes Thomas, I don't think you get any easy builds from Amodel. But with some work you get a nice and rare model. I realy like your progress. 👍
9 August, 19:22
Thomas KolbBruce, Lukasz, Cuajete, Nicolas, thank you! Yes, Amodel is actually cool in that they take a chance to make models outside the ordinary. Who else would design a model kit of a strange and ugly little high-winged Soviet aircraft instead of another Stuka, Tomcat or a Spitfire?
10 August, 08:01
Thomas KolbRoland thank you mate! Cuajete, yes, this is the best gloss coat I have ever tried. It levels out to an absolute mirror shine (at least if it is applied to a perfectly smooth paint layer). This model ended up with a bit of orange peel effect at some places, so it is not absolutely perfect, but I can get away with it.
10 August, 18:54
Thomas KolbHereby I declare the project finished! Quite a fast progress for me, only three weeks from start to finish. It may not be the best model I have ever built - there are too many silly or clumsy mistakes here and there - but it was great fun! More photos will come!
12 August, 07:50
Łukasz GlińskiThat escalated quickly and nicely 👍
Where did you get the snow from in August? I know it's up north, but still... 😉
12 August, 08:13
Kesa TihoI don't understand how more skilled modellers have multiple sets that they're working on at once. Like don't you have a budget? Don't you have other things to do? Don't you have a job to go to??? I build like one model every other, sometimes every month.
12 August, 11:10
Maciej Bellosheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
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F-16A Block 15 OCU Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU)
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Test fitting the intake so as to ensure the paintjob is ok.
Project: F-16A Indonesian Air Force
43 28 July 2016, 21:23
Maciej BellosItaleri's F-16 is a rather modest kit, seems quite good for a beginner. For the non beginner however, it poses a challenge in order to be built correctly. At first there is a 2 mm misalignment of the top panels to the rest of the top fuselage half. Then, it seems that the fuselage is bit shorter than a Hasegawa F-16, and finally the radome is also shorter. All that translates to about 3.5 mm shorter overall length than Hasegawa's F-16.
There is also a misalignment of the instrument panel cover.
Since I am not in rescribing yet, I decided to push forward the top of the fuselage part and remove a little bit of plastic where the front of the canopy rests. I also removed the instrument panel cover. All the cockpit interior will be replaced by Hasegawa's cockpit. Italeri's cockpit resembles more a block 1-5 aircraft.
28 July 2016, 21:49
Maciej BellosSlow progress on this one. Hasegawa instrument panel cover has been glued into place. Some dryfiting, still some issues to be sorted.
24 February 2018, 21:44
Maciej BellosCockpit glued in place. The instrument panel is about 1mm away from the instrument panel cover. It just wouldn't squeeze further up. But I am satisfied with the result. The HUD projector lens was constructed with some Micro Krystal Clear and aluminum foil underneath it. It looks ok I think.
Next will be the main wheel bay subassembly. Lot's of dryfitting there, there are some gaps there too.
9 March 2018, 18:45
Maciej BellosThank you Clifford.
One other thing that needs fixing is the engine nozzle. Well, you can't fix it actually...! The F100 engine, built by Pratt and Whitney, has 15 turkey feathers. The F110 engine, built by General Electric, has 12 turkey feathers. Both engine nozzles in Italeri's kit have 14 feathers!!! So I am going to use a nozzle from Hasegawa's kit, since they will be built as Block 40/50 machines.
13 March 2018, 20:23
Maciej BellosWelcome Jos. I have been working on and off. Some wiring has been added to the main wheel bays, maybe I'll post a photo or two. My attention is on the Spangdahlem Viper, I have been working on the bits and pices (canopy, landing gear, seats) left. Yesterday I got her on her feet.
4 January 2019, 08:14
Jos JansenCan't wait for the reveal pics Maciej 😄 👍! For your reference, I build an exotic Viper two years ago:
scalemodels-jansen.j..odels/f-16c-block-25
18 January 2022, 11:53
Sergej ILOL at pic #21 and #22 😄
Maybe the pilot could use his head too, somewhere 😉
Good progress, Maciej, can't wait for more 👍
21 January 2022, 06:51
Maciej BellosSergej 😄
Thank you Robert and welcome!
While waiting for the putty on the Eurofighter to dry, I started tackling the intake. It is the biggest hurdle in this kit.
21 January 2022, 08:24
Maciej BellosIn order to have some decent progress on the intake, I got some work done in the wheel bays. More wiring needed before I glue it in place.
27 March 2022, 12:03
VincentI build this kit not so long ago and I know it's a rough build. You did much more than me to fix the problems. Very nice to follow this.
27 March 2022, 17:42
Maciej BellosYes Vincent it's a rough kit and you did yours justice. You made some nice additions behind the seat as well as the oxygen hose looks good and I will try to copy them.
27 March 2022, 18:00
VincentThanks Maciej. The detail on this kit really needed some scratch building. That was one of the fun parts. Good luck with the rest of your build.
27 March 2022, 18:08
Maciej BellosWelcome Ben!
Thank you Clifford. Since I lost the mojo on the Su-57 for the time being, I grabbed the old builds. The goal on this one is to at least close up the fuselage.
28 March 2022, 11:53
Maciej BellosNot much to brag about after all these days, the right hand side of the wheel bay got its wiring and extra detail. Some wiring will be added when the landing gear will be put in place.
9 April 2022, 07:19
Maciej BellosAfter sanding the outer surfaces of the air intake I dryfitted the hand made upper part of the air duct. The kit doesn't have one so I had to make one. Lots of putty and sanding to follow and painting obviously after that. I think it is a good step forward.
14 April 2022, 18:58
Maciej BellosWelcome Panteli!
Thank you WhiteGlint, still some work to do though.
25 April 2022, 15:00
Maciej BellosMain gear bay done! The battery will be added when the bay will be glued to the fuselage. The rest of the wiring will be added when I attach the legs.
6 May 2022, 22:25
Maciej BellosThank you Clifford! Still smoothing out the filled gaps. The first try was so and so and there are a couple of holes to fill.
12 May 2022, 10:37
Maciej BellosAfter spending summer with touching any piece of plastic, some progress on the intake. The photos fail to show what's happening further deep, but all in all I think it'll do. Some issues here and there, might be sorted out, or might not. I'll see.
25 September 2022, 14:13
Maciej BellosThank you Clifford! I think I have come to an acceptable result on the intake trunk.
Since the paintjob is a wraparound camo, I decided to paint the intake and its surroundings before glueing it in place. Much easier me thinks. I will apply some gloss varnish too so as to have it ready for decals later on.
Next big step will be closing the fuselage and masking the canopy. After that I think it will be a straightforward build.
4 October 2023, 10:03
CaptGPFAgree with Clifford - intakes are perfect. One question - why did you cannibalize a Hasegawa F-16 for an Italeri?
14 March, 22:18
Maciej BellosWelcome Guy!
Thank you CaptGPF. That's a good question. I have 3 Hasegawa twoseaters plus some spare tubs and I have an Aires cockpit to use in one of them. So I used a spare tub and I cut off the front instrument panel cover and used them in the Italeri. Yeah, I know it will a pain fitting the aires tub in the hasegawa, but it will be a great improvement over the hasegawa tubs.
As for cannibalizing the Hasegawa, wait until I start building one of them, it will be a carnage!
15 March, 07:15
Maciej BellosAfter a lot of back and forth, I finally got to glue the intake in place. At first I had to apply a gloss varnish in order to do some line wash. After that I used a satin varnish and then I waited a bit before I went on with the glue. In order to have a good bond, I carefully scraped the paint (kind of nervous with that). Glueing it after that was a piece of cake.
As I suspected, it would have been difficult to paint it if glued unpainted. Quite the effort but I think it was totally worth it.
Welcome Cristian A!
3 June, 20:22
Maciej BellosThank you Seb! I have to pick it up, I've been dragging myself with another project, hoping it would be easier or faster, but it stalled too. Darn!
1 August, 19:46
Maciej BellosOh wow Ronan, glad you like it! Sorry if I missed the other likes guys, the feed only shows the last guy who pressed the button.
12 August, 11:02
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